Colette Avital

Colette Avital (1 May 1940-) was an Israeli Labor Party MK from 1999 to 2009.

Biography
Colette Avital was born in Bucharest, Romania in 1940, and she made aliyah to Israel with her family in 1950. She worked as a secretary for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs before rising in the ranks; she was a member of the Israeli delegation to Paris from 1982 to 1985, ambassador to Portugal from 1988 to 1992, and Consul General in New York City from 1992 to 1996. She went on to serve as an MK from 1999 to 2009, and she ran for President in 2007, only to drop out in favor of Shimon Peres, who won the second round of the balloting. Placed 19th on her party's list, she left the Knesset in 2009 after her party won only 13 seats.